In that situation, programming in LISP is indeed less understandable than an imperative language. There is a bit of a learning curve for the process of bootstrapping the language to meet your problem.

Dubbed Julia, it provides an early glimpse into what programming languages might look like in the not-too-distant future. Today's languages were each designed with different goals in mind.

Dubbed Julia, it provides an early glimpse into what programming languages might look like in the not-too-distant future. Today's languages were each designed with different goals in mind.

Like human languages, each programming language has its own grammar and syntax, and there can be dialects, each requiring its own assemblers and compilers. Standards have been set by ANSI for many ...

We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

Just like LISP started life as a system of notation and later evolved into a fully-fledged programming language, Graham wants to keep Bel in its incubation period for as long as possible. Here’s ...

I don't know that there's a perfect programming language to be had, but if there is, it will also supplant Esperanto. Reactions: rain shadow and timezon3 More options ...